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Chapter 7

BPOV

Emmett had to go back to work, so I went up stairs to think about how I was going to approach Edward. I needed to get up enough courage to call him and ask if he would like to go out for dinner. No, I need to do this in person.

In person, this should be interesting! I have a hard time keeping my thoughts together when I'm anywhere near him. So what I need to do is keep it together.

There was a knock on the door. When I opened the door there was a overly excited Alice on the other side.

"Hey, sweetie!" Alice said as I stepped out of her way to let her in.

"What a nice surprise, I didn't expect to see you today. Don't you have a photo shoot today?"

"No, they cancelled at the last minute, so I have the rest of the day off to pester you" she had a devious smile on and plopped down on the couch.

I walked over and sat down next to her. Alice seemed really excited about something and was still smiling. She was starting to worry me. With Alice you had to be scared when she wasn't talking and she seemed to be thinking hard about something. When she was thinking, she was plotting. And look out world when that happens!

Looking at her with narrow eyes "Alice, your starting to scare me, please tell me what you're up too."

"Why would you be scared of little tiny me?" she let out a loud laugh, that startled me.

"Ok Alice, please tell me what you are doing here." I tried to sound serious, but I couldn't fight back my smile. Truth be told she might be small but everyone should be scared of her!

She smiled real big "Well, I was already on my way over to see my best friend, when out of no where Emmett calls me." And she paused to see if I understood where the story was going. At first I was a bit confused, but then it hit me. Emmett told her about the flowers, and I bet that he also told her that I wanted to go to dinner with Edward. Nothing is ever a secret with these two involved.

When she could tell that I knew what she was talking about, she reached over and pulled me in a huge hug. "Oh Bella, I'm so glad that you are going to give Edward a shot. The first time I saw you two look at each other I knew that there was a connection."

I started to let her know that it was just a date and maybe have a little fun, but before I could object to her 'connection' comment, she bounced off the couch and started for the kitchen.

"Where are the flowers, I bet their beautiful!" I followed her.

"Alice, I left them down stairs." I told her.

Pouting because she wanted to see them she asked "Are they nice?"

"Very, very beautiful." I sat down at the table and shook my head and sighed. "Listen Alice, yes I'm going to ask Edward if he would like to go to dinner with me, but just dinner. So don't start planning forever." I looked at her and smiled.

"Well, when are you going to ask?" she sat down across from me, still beaming.

"I was trying to think of the best way to ask him, when you came over and distracted me." I winked at her.

"Sorry, I was just so excited!" she squealed. "I think you should ask him in person and not over the phone. You know they close at five. So you have a little over an hour to go over to see him at the office."

"I can't just go over and intrude, while he's working" leaning my head on my hand.

"No, you can't but if I call Jasper to let him know you are coming over, then he can let the receptionist know who you are. Then you can wait in Edward's office, till he is done with all his patients." She was still overwhelmed with excitement.

"Well I really wanted to come up with something, oh I don't know, different." I said with a little chuckle.

I saw the wheels turning; she tilted her head and had that devious smile on again. "Different, huh."

I started laughing "Different Alice, not dirty, that can come later." And we both started to laugh.

"Ok, let me call Jasper and let him know we'll be there in about an hour. You go find something nice to wear and we will think of something clever for you to say to Edward, while you finish getting ready." She lifted me out of my chair and started pushing me out of the kitchen toward my bedroom.

"Ok. Ok. Stop pushing, I'm going."

"We don't have that much time here, sweetie. Times a wasting." She finished pushing me to my closet and then turned around with her phone in hand.

I hope I have the nerves to pull this off. It has been such a long time since I've been out with a man, other than Emmett. Ok, no matter what happens, I will be strong and not weak, pull myself together and make this moment count.

Alice came back into my room and leaned against the door "look out Edward, here comes Bella" and we smiled at each other.


EPOV

Time was going by so slowly today. It wasn't that we weren't busy but I could not seem to keep my mind off Bella. I wanted to go have lunch with her, but never had a chance to leave. Thank goodness it was quitting time.

"Edward," Jasper said from the door of my office.

"Yes"

"Alice called and she needs me to pick her up, she has a flat tire. She called a tow truck to come get the car, but doesn't feel comfortable with riding with him back to the garage." He came in and handed me a patient file. "I have this one last patient. Nothing big, just has some questions about eating." And he had a smirk on his face.

"Questions about eating?" I was a little confused about the patient's problem.

"Yes, that is what Elizabeth said to me after she placed her in exam room 2. Will you please take care of her, so I may to care of Alice?"

"Sure, that's fine. Go save your damsels in distress."

"Thanks. I'll see you later." then turns and leaves.

Grabbing the file, I got up and started to exam room 2. The name on the file read 'Kristina Deli'; well that's a strange last name. I put my hand on the door handle and lightly knocked before entering.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Deli" as I said the name, I glanced up, to see a familiar and beautiful smile "Bella?"

"Good afternoon, Dr Cullen. You must be mistaken my name is Kristina not Bella." And I could tell she was biting her lip to fight her laughter.

Trying not to laugh myself "Please forgive my mistake, what can I do for you, Kristina?" I couldn't help but smirk.

"Well I seem to be having small painful growls coming from my stomach, and I was hoping you might be able to help me find the right kind of medicine to calm the beast." She started rubbing her stomach in small circular motions.

Tilting my head a little and raising an eyebrow, 'did she say beast'? This time she couldn't keep the laughter from escaping. She was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down her face.

"Oh, Edward, you should have seen your eyes when I said 'beast'."

Her laughter was amazing. It made all the stress that I was feeling seem to fade away. She seemed to be enjoying herself, so I thought I would continue to play along.

I walked over to the cabinets and pulled out a gown and walked over to her. "Ms. Deli, I'm going to step out for a few minutes. If you would please undress and put this on" placing the gown next to her. "I will come back in and examine your abdominal area. Maybe I can find a way to tame the 'beast'."

All of a sudden her laughter stopped and that beautiful flush came over her face. I started to laugh when I saw her jaw drop. Then she had a wicked grin on her face.

"Why Dr. Cullen," she pointed her finger at me "playing along, might get you in trouble." She winked at me and we both started to laugh.

"What a pleasant surprise to see you here, Bella."

"I wanted to come by and personally thank you for the beautiful flowers." She started to fidget with her fingers and I could tell she was getting nervous. "Thank you, Edward." she was blushing when she said this and all I could think was 'you are so beautiful'.

We stood there in silence for a moment. Both of us staring into each others eyes, I could feel a warm sensation run through my body. I sense there was something on her mind, but she was having a hard time saying it.

I walked over and leaned against the exam tablet, right next to her. "I'm glad you liked the flowers. I wanted to come by today for lunch, but I couldn't seem to get away."

Turning her head towards me, her face was lit up with a smile.

"Edward I came by today to see if you would like to go to dinner on Friday."

"Well that sounds nice. Are Alice and Jasper planning another get together, that I haven't heard about yet?" She gave me a playing push on the shoulder.

"No, silly doctor, I meant will you please join me for dinner on Friday night." and she put some emphasis on the me part. I gave her a crooked smile, and that lovely blush came to her face. She is absolutely beautiful.

"I would be honored to join you on Friday night, but if you don't mind, please let me plan the evening?" I took her hand and lightly kissed the back.

There was a puzzled look on her face and then she smiled.

"Then it's a date." She slid off the table and started to walk to the door.

She is really bad about running off before the conversation is over. Lightly grabbing her hand to get her to stop, she turned back around still smiling. "I'll pick you up around seven if that is alright?"

"Yes that's fine." Then she looked down at the floor.

With my other hand I slowly lifted her chin up so I could see her stunning brown eyes. "Bella, I'm glad you agreed to see me again."

She gave me a little smirk and broke our stare turning toward the door to leave. I reached to open the door for her and she placed one of her small hands on my arm. Her face was lit with a warm smile. "Thanks again for the flowers, and I'll see you on Friday." She squeezed my arm and gracefully left.